Improved clod-crusher and harrow



G. W. DUBUISSON.

Harrow. No. 39,132. Patented July 7, 1863.

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GEORGE WV. DUBUISSON, OF JERUSALEM SOUTH, NEW YORK.

IMPROVED CLOD-CRUSl-lER AND HARROW.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 39,132, dated July 7, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. DUBUIssoN, of Jerusalem South, in the county of Queens and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Agricultural Implement or Device, the same being a Combined Harrow and Clod- Crusher; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line 00 m, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

The object of this invention is to obtain an implement or device of simple construction which will effectually crush and pulverize clods ofearth and at the same time harrow the earth, so as to render it friable and permeable to air and moisture.

To enable those skilled in the artto fully understand and construct my invention, I will harrow, O, is attached. This harrow is formed of a rectangular frame, to, having two diagonal bars, I), within it, as shown clearly in Fig. 2. The two diagonal bars I) b are provided with teeth 0, as well as the back bar, (1, of the frame a. The teeth 0 of the bars I) b are in line with the centers of the spaces between the teeth 0 of the bar d.

The harrow.G is a'ttached to the clod-crusher A by means of hinges or joints D D, so constructed as to admitof the harrow being turned over on the clod-crusher, as shown in red in Fig. 1. The harrow is turned over on the clodcrusher when the device is being drawn from place to place, and also when the clods are required to be crushed without having the ground harrowed. W'hen P, the hammer, is in use, it may be readily raised by the hand in order to free it from weeds and trash.

In case the clod-crusher A requires to be loaded, in order to give it additional weight,

- stones may be placed on the clod-crusher. The

device as a whole is extremely simple and efficient, and may be constructed at a small cost.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the clod-crusher A and harrow 0, connected by hinges or joints D, and arranged substantially as herein shown and described.

GEO. WV. DUBUISSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. DAYTON, H. A. T. GRANBERY. 

